Yeah, you're probably right... meh, fuel the dramaI dunno about that; maybe the major ones are, but there are plenty of packs out there that are pretty much "I made a bunch of textures I like" - they just aren't, generally, five-star material. Many of them are default res.
That aside, look at those textures. They're totally themed.
"Replacing the default textures" is exactly what a texture pack does. You're overthinking this one.
I should also point out that I don't use any texture packs...